Note on reading: The text is the latest edition of Service’s “Medical Entomology.” The chapter listings on the schedule are from the first edition, and may differ in your schedule But I know you can work it out.

W students: I will give you a separate schedule for the W sessions. You most realize that your credit, based on your writing, will be 25% of your grade; but that you must pass the W to get any credit in the entire course. If you are a W students and fail the W, you’ll get an F in the course. This has never happened in the past, and before I retire it had better not happen in the future.

SYLLABUS

DATE

LECTURE

TEXT

LAB

Jan. 21 W

Introd to course & arthopods

Handouts

Survey of arthropods

Jan. 26 M

Introd. to Insecta

Handouts

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Jan. 28 W

Importance of Medical Entomology

Handouts

SNOW DAY

Feb.2 M

Morphol. & Physiol.: quick dash

Handouts

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Feb. 4 W

Pathogens; Blattaria, Coleoptera

Ch. 15

Morphology & Mouthparts

Feb. 9 M

Hemiptera

Ch. 13, 14

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Feb. 11 W

Mites

Ch. 18, 19, 20

Blattaria, Coleoptra, Hemiptera

Feb. 16 M

Mites (cont.)

same

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Feb. 18 W

Ticks

Ch. 16, 17

Mites QUIZ 1, INSECT NEWS

Feb. 23 M

Ticks (cont.)

same

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Feb. 25 W

Ticks

same

Ticks

Mar. 2 M SNOW DAY

Mallophaga

Ch. 12

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Mar. 4 W

Anoplura

Ch. 12, 1-3

Mallophaga & Anoplura NOTEBOOK CHECK I

March 8-14

SPRING BREAK

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Mar. 16 M

Holometabola (introd.)

Handouts, Ch. 1-3

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Mar. 18 W

MIDTERM

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Diptera (introd.), Psychodidae, Ceratopogonidae, Culicidae

Mar. 23 M

Diptera (introd.), Culicidae

Handouts, Ch. 1-3

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Mar. 25 W

Culicidae (cont.)

same

Culicidae (cont.) QUIZ 2

Mar. 30 M

Culicidae (cont.)

same

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Apr. 1 W

Culicidae (cont.), mostly malaria

same

Tabanidae

Apr. 6 M

More nematocerans (cont.)

Ch. 4, 5, 6, 7

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Apr. 8 W

Still more nematocerans, Tabanidae

Ch. 8, 9, 10

Cyclorrhapha (immatures)

Apr. 13 M

Cyclorrhapha

Ch. 8, 9, 10, 11

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Apr. 15 W

Cyclorrhapha (cont.)

same

Cyclorrhapha (adults)

Apr. 20 M

Cyclorrhapha (concl.)

Ch. 11

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Apr. 22 W

Siphonaptera

Handouts

Siphonaptera & Venomous arthropods

Apr. 27 M

Venomous arthropods, forensic & surgical entomology

Handouts

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Apr. 29 W

Catch-up, miscellany

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LAB FINAL

W STUDENTS

LAB

Lab 1: Reminder: You'll need a 3-ring binder for lab handouts, assignments, etc. Your Lab Notebook will be graded mid-semester (10 pts) and at the end of the semester (10 pts).

Lab 2 Prep:

read the handout from lecture entitled "3, The Feeding Apparatus". Focus on the following sections: Importance of Mouth Parts, Classification of Mouth Parts, Hemipteran Type, and Dipteran type.

review Fig 2-1 in the handout "2, Structure, Development, and Classification of Insects and Arachnids"